Search Engine Crackdown: New Rules Issued

After the six-month special operation by ten ministries to jointly and legally crack down on online pornography achieved phased results, recently, the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has targeted obscene content in search engines for rectification. After half a year of rectification, the nationwide special operation to legally combat online pornography has entered the inspection and cleanup phase, and the criminal activities and trends of online dissemination of obscene and pornographic materials have been effectively curbed. In the next step, apart from consolidating existing achievements and continuing to deeply carry out the special operation against online pornography, the MII will also actively cooperate with relevant departments to implement special rectifications on harmful information such as online sales of prohibited goods, fraud, and六合彩(Hong Kong Mark Six). The new discoveries of the regulatory authorities...